Themes In Salt Of The Earth

On the film Salt of the Earth, we see a community fighting for their rights in the town of Zinc Town, New Mexico. Most of the families who lived in this town are Latino and some whites, this movie involved many different type of themes. One of themes that stand out to the most to everyone is racism and discrimination, we see how the workers in the union go on strike to receive better working conditions, but the company who is run by white people don't care about what the union needs. As mention in the film "they're Mexicans, they can do all the hard work", this highlights how stereotyping is also included on the film on many different ways. We also see gender roles and how men refuse to receive help from their wives because they believe that